Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-07
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
From an AngelenO "LoOker-oh''
i'm that vienna.

here in the metropolis" of the Paclh
Coast, 1 have encountered good man!
Angelefios. Mr.. G.. J. Griffith and hi
bride are Willing away the first COLDER
days of their honeymoon here D.
the Bay, in an altogether delight
full manner. 1t is the intention o
the happy young couple to take thei
departure at very early day for Sal
Lake City, where they will spend few
davs and then proceed to the East.
He Lindley, one OF your real es-
tate men, was here last week, trying t
get up comparison of values between
the city of the Golden Gate and the An
CELLO pueblo amid the orange groves
Lindley soon did the business, packed
up his loose shekels, and returned to his
first love, msking no investments here
abouts. He did right, as a few facts
penned below will establish.
]. G. DAILY. your new City Attorney,
was here for q few days, but returned to
Sacramento to look after charter affairs
and study up how best to incur city in
debtedness. He seemed sanguine that
hs could work out a scheme whereby to
pave streets and make sewers.
J. Harry Conlan was seen
.The observed of all observers"
And all the rest about the mould of
form and gloss of fashion. His khaunis q
are Kearney street, aud the vicinity of
theaters about tlfe hours of matinee,
where the hearts of the ladies' are sat
agoing pitty.pat.
Another distinguished Los Angeles
visitor in this city is Mr.. G. L. Schieffe-
lin, of the Nadeau. "Dick," of course,
is here strictly on business, aud his eye
cannot be caught for an infnitesimal
part of second by the brightest wings
of the gayest butterflies that fit around
the lamps of pleasure.
1t il sad to reflect on the fate await
ing the fair sex in San Francisco. For
besides those already named here, is
Schuyler Cole, OF Cahuenga. His beat
is along Kearney street too, in the mid.
hours of bright afternoons, when youth
and beauty most do frequent this fash.
ionable promenade.
With the above but cast to another
role, is Mr.. James Campbell, President
of the
BALLoNA HARBOR AND IMPROVEMENT
COMPANY.
He is here with great o map of the har.
Dor, the town-site, the dry-dock and oil
the other appurtenances to his gigantic
enterprise. This is fanked on one side
by a fine perspective picture of the en-
tire work in contemplation, and by q
map of the country around, taking in
from west of Santa Monica southeast
erly to San Diego, and inland to San
Bernardino. These are to be litho.
graphed here and then sent as greeting
to the world to show how great develop.
ments are going forward in the vicinity
of Los Angeles.
In very few weeks vessel laden
with lumber for the works will be.
moored at the new dock along the en-.
trance to the harbor. By the lst of
May ships from any sea may enter the
new port. The work of driving piles is
progressing in the most satisfactory
manner. The Pacific Coast Steam.
ship Company will make arrange
ments at once Fl for their steam
rs to call at Port Ballona. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Company will send their steamer for
Guaymas at an early day.
MIR. Campbell confirms the report
that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Company have purchased the rail-
road from Los Angeles to Port Ballona.
He acknowledges, too, that this great
corporation takes lively interest in the
harbor, but he denies positively the
published report that it or any other
CORPORATION has secured any control
over the harbor. Port Ballona is to
be port for the ships of all nations TO
come and 60 as freely as they do to San
francisco, New York or London. Its
approaches will be jealously guarded, so
that any railroad company which may
build across the continent or down the |
coast may be able to run its cars along |
side ships and do business on equal
terms with any other company.
SAN FRANCISCO Is ALARMED.
This city, which so long held the grip
of most monstrous monopoly on the
whole coast, is getting awakened to the
importance OF these movements all along |
the Coast. The beginning of the
game which led to her being check
mated was when the Southern Pacific
reached the coast by means of its con-
nections in and out of New Orleans.
This cut off from San Francisco all the
trade of Southern California and Arizona.
On the heels of this came the completion
of the Northern Pacific to Portland,
which deprived the Bay City of her
valuable Oregon trade. Ths third
was the bringing of the Can
adian Pacific to the tide.water at West
minister, on the Fraser River. Now
comes the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe system with competing line to Los
Angeles and San Diego. simultaneously
the Canadian Pacific is putting on line
of steamers to run to China and Japan.
The Atchison people will at once start
q line of steamers from Southern Cali.
fornia along the coast of Mexico. 1t is
only question of time when line is
put on from San Diego or BallQna to
the Orient.
San Francisco merchants view these
facts with anything but complacency.
For ten years affairs have been slow
here at the best, and there is no sign of
immediate improvement. 1t is patent to
the far. seeing that the
INTER STATE COMMERCE BILL
Is destined to woyx in favor eff your
city. The distance from Port Bailona
across the continent to New Orleans is
very much less than that from San Fran.
cisco, or any other point on the coast to
the Atlantic ocean at any city. 1t is
even shorter between the two points
named first above than it is from this
city to the great trade centers in the
valley of either the Mississippi or that
of the great lakes. URder the peculiar
provisions of that bill the 'short haul"
will have great advantage over longer
line. Much of the coffee now going
from Central America to the East via
San Francisco will here after cross the [